Scaling Luxury: Launching a Robust Short-Term Rental Platform
Staymenity required expert AWS infrastructure and Laravel development to ensure a smooth launch of their luxury short-term rental platform, capable of handling increased user demands.
- Client
- Staymenity
- Year
- Service
- Fractional SRE
Enhanced Staymenity's backend API with several Laravel and PHP major version upgrades, modernizing their tech stack.
Implemented zero-downtime deployments, enhancing reliability and allowing for seamless scaling of API workers.
Migrated the frontend to Vercel, improving reliability and leveraging a global CDN for optimal performance.
Enhanced security by implementing Cloud Native secrets management for secure storage of API keys and configuration secrets.
Scaling luxury rentals with AWS and Laravel
Staymenity, a promising startup in the luxury short-term rental market, approached Sunwolf Studio with a crucial challenge: ensuring their platform could handle the demands of a full-scale launch. With their sights set on disrupting the high-end rental space, Staymenity needed expert guidance to modernize their tech stack and create a robust, scalable infrastructure.
Sunwolf Studio dove in, upgrading the major version of Laravel used by their backend API along with a PHP major version upgrade. Zero-downtime deployments eliminated service interruptions during updates and paved the way for seamless scaling. Security was paramount, so a Cloud Native secrets vault now safeguards sensitive credentials rather than relying on hardcoded values. To enhance global performance, the frontend was migrated to Vercel, leveraging its powerful CDN capabilities.
Throughout the engagement, Sunwolf Studio’s Fractional SRE approach provided Staymenity with the flexibility and expertise they needed, from pre-launch preparations to ongoing support. The result? A confident launch into the competitive luxury rental market, backed by a modern, secure, and scalable platform ready to meet the exacting standards of their discerning clientele.
- Enhanced the backend API with Laravel and PHP major version upgrades
- Implemented zero-downtime deployments to allow seamless scaling of API workers
- Migrated the frontend to Vercel for improved reliability and global CDN performance
- Secured API keys and configuration secrets using Cloud Native secrets management
What we did
Laravel Major Version Upgrades · Vue Extended Support Migration · Frontend Hosting Migration to Vercel · Zero-Downtime Deployments
Client Impact
100% API availability during deploys
3 Major version upgrades
Global CDN coverage with Vercel
Zero Exposed API keys
"Implementing zero-downtime deployments was a game-changer for us. It allowed us to update and improve our platform continuously without disrupting our users' experience."
